Stallion News

Greetings Stallion Community,

We had a wonderful fourth week of school with our scholars and we are set to begin the fifth week of school.

Below are the campus updates for this coming week:

• Monday, November 11: No School, Veterans Day. To all the brave men and women who have served our country, we see you and we support you! Today and everyday we thank you for everything you do for our country and our freedom!

• Tuesday, November 12: Students follow their daily schedule. All region band & Virtual Academy Night. Virtual Academy Night.

• Wednesday, November 13: Students follow their daily schedule. Band pictures, full uniform. 504 meeting day. Thanksgiving Parent and Student Luncheon. Academy Night at the DSC.

• Thursday, November 14: Family board game night with student council from 4-530pm.

• Friday, November 15: School Spirit Friday, wear your favorite Slider gear with jeans (no tears or holes). Band and choir clinics/concert. Art at the El Paso Museum of Art. Faculty Luncheon hosted by the leadership team inside the SCEI room.

• Saturday, November 16: Band and Choir Clinics/Concert. TSA at Bel Air High School.

As we prepare for interim assessments the week of November 18-22, we want to inform our community that we will not be offering tutoring or our homework lab services on these 5 days. Tutoring and our homework lab will resume on Monday, December 2nd.

Your child’s safety is our priority, and we need your help to make sure we can best provide that after school. After School, we have fewer adults available to help monitor to keep our campus safe for our students; therefore, once students have left the building, they are not allowed back in. No exceptions.

If your child attends practice, meetings, or any activities after School, it is important that you help us communicate to your child to not leave the building and report as soon as possible to their teacher/coach/sponsor so all students are accounted for. In addition, if a parent/guardian needs to drop off food or something else for their child, we ask that you please park and walk up to our front doors where your child can safely meet with you.

Please help us by reminding your child to be sure they have all their items including sports equipment, gym bags, instruments, etc., before they exit the building, as they will not be allowed back in.

In addition, it is important that your child has a clear understanding of how they will be getting home. If students are walking home, they must do so immediately after school. Students are not allowed to hang around or return after leaving campus. Please help us by communicating your expectations to your child of how they will get home.

If your child is staying for tutoring, we ask that they have arrangements to get picked up from our campus at 4:30 pm. Students with loss of credit may begin completing their hours, they will need an LOC log to document and track their hours. Once the form is completed and signed, please turn this into Assistant Principal Elizabeth Saucedo.

We wanted to remind our Stallion community about our cell phone/ear pods policy. Our policy states:

• Cell phones must be TURNED OFF at 7:45 a.m. and should remain off during the entire instructional/afterschool tutoring portion of the school day. Any cell phone out and visible during the school day including lunch time will be confiscated and must be picked up at school by a parent, regardless of how or if the student is using the phone.
• 1st Offense: Phone will be confiscated. Parents may pick it up on Friday after 3:15 p.m.
• 2nd Offense: & any time after: Phone will be confiscated. Parent may pick it up after school Friday a $15 fine is paid as per SISD Board Policy on the second offense and any offense thereafter.

When visiting our campus, it is important to bring an ID to request approval for entering our school building. Our campus is safe and secure and it provides our students a safe and supportive learning environment. Once you ring the door bell, you will be attended to by our receptionist over the door bell intercom system. You will be asked to state the purpose for your visit. If approved, our receptionist will be able to buzz you in to enter the front desk receptionist area. Note that any family member not listed on the students demographics will not be approved to visit with our Stallion scholar. A campus administrator is always available to assist you and your family. Our school office hours are Monday thru Friday, 7:30 am to 4:00 pm. If you have any questions, please contact us at 915.937.5400.

Stallion scholars make sure you are arriving on time, taking attendance for each class and actively participating. Our goal as a campus is 97% and above. Stallions, if you have any questions in regards to attendance, please reach to your teachers or our campus PEIMS attendance specialist, Ms. Amber Barajas at 915.937.5400.

Respectfully,

Brandon Rios

mrios11@sisd.net

#ALLIN

#Excellence

#PrideInEveryStride

#StallionsUnited

#StallionsLeadTheWay

#TeamSISD

Staying ahead of your Average Daily Attendance (ADA)

Our goal each week is to maintain a 96% attendance rate. It is extremely important to remember after 17 absences for yearlong courses, 8 absences for fall semester courses and 9 absences for spring semester courses, a student will lose credit for the class and must make up the time.

Reporting absences to Slider Middle School

Please report your child’s absence to attendanceslider@sisd.net

Include the following information when reporting the absence:

· Child’s name

· ID number

· Grade

· Reason for absence

All notes are collected via email or Skyward parent portal, please include details of when your child will return to school.

Each student was given a BINGO card to complete each day they are at school all day. The following students have completed their first set BINGO cards for attendance:

Layla Escobar – 6th Grade

Alessandra Ortega – 7th Grade

Average Daily Attendance (ADA)

It is extremely important for students to attend school each day. Average Daily Attendance is reported to the state daily for students who are in attendance at 9:36 am. This is considered our golden period. The state also holds campus administration and parents accountable for student’s daily attendance through all periods. Students who exceed nine absences will lose credit for class, even though they may have passed the course, and are subject to attend truancy court. Warning letters are sent at the fifth absence.

The chart below shows our daily attendance for last week and year to date average:

Week of October 28th through November 1st

6th grade 94.53%

7th grade 92.47%

8th grade 93.37%

Year to date ADA= 95.2%

Our goal is to be above 96% year to date attendance. Attendance improvement goes out to 6th and 7th grade…keep up the good work Stallions! Please stay healthy and be at school every day.

Yesterday, we also started the STALLIONS race for each grade level to be given the opportunity to have a free dress day once they completed the words “STALLIONS” by meeting the daily attendance goal of 96%. The percentages for yesterday were as follows:

6th 96.01%

7th 96.39%

8th 93.10%

Way to go 6th and 7th grade!!!!!! Their letters have been added to the bulletin board by the front desk and are on their way to a free dress day.

Each student was given a BINGO card to complete each day they are at school all day. The following students have completed their first set BINGO cards for attendance:

Layla Escobar – 6th Grade

Alessandra Ortega – 7th Grade

Stallion community, our extended learning camp flier is below, tutoring restarted on Tuesday, October 22nd. Tutoring times are from 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm. We ask that you make arrangements for our scholar to get pick up right after tutoring. There is no activity bus for our scholars for this school year. If you have any follow up questions, please contact our campus SCEI coaches Mrs. Laura Reyes or Mrs. Isabel Martinez at 915.937.5400.

Stallions, do you need extra time on campus to complete your homework? Join us after school in the library computer lab every Monday-Thursday from 3:30 PM -4:30 PM starting Oct. 24th. Devices will be available for you to utilize if you need a computer to complete your work. For any questions or concerns, please reach out to your campus SCEI Coaches.

We are looking forward to seeing parents and students at the upcoming events for our 8th grade students. We have a lot of information to share to help your child make their best decision for high school.

Hello Stallion Families,

November is here and so is some cooler weather (debatable but kind of). With that, we’ve been invited to UTEP’s Homecoming Game against Kennesaw State on November 9th at 2pm. Tickets are $10 so grab them up before they’re gone.

GECU has offered to conduct a series of classes on financial education. The first of the series will be “Get Out of Debt” and hosted by O’Shea Keleher Elementary School. This will be on November 6th at 9am. Feel free to join us there.

On November 12th at 8am, Aliviane will be here on campus presenting information on strategies to discourage vaping and drug use. The following day, November 13th at 11am, O’Shea Elementary will be hosting a session on positive communication followed by a cookie decorating activity.

Don’t forget to join us on the Remind App to get this information faster. Just text @a84eeh3 to 81010. As always, please feel free to reach out with any questions.

Derek Wood

Phone: 915-937-5400

Email: dwood01@sisd.net

It is the philosophy of the Socorro Independent School District and William D. Slider Middle School that all students should maintain high standards of dress. A committee of parents, students, and teachers adopted a uniform policy for Slider Middle School.

Shirts & Required Colors:

· Students will wear a white, navy blue, or forest green collared polo shirt with or without a Slider school logo.

· White, navy blue, or forest green T-shirts will be allowed only if they have the Slider school uniform logo.

Pants/Shorts/Skirts/Skorts Required Colors and Style:

· Students will wear khaki, tan, or blue pants. No black pants or other colors will be permitted.

· Pants must be in good repair. No ripped or torn pants, please. Slits of any kind are also not permitted.

· Regular and relaxed-style pants and joggers are acceptable.

· Tights, yoga pants, wide-leg and baggy-fit pants are not acceptable.

· The length of the pants must not touch/drag along the floor, and they must fit according to the waist size of the student. “Sagging” of the pants will not be allowed on campus.

· No military style cargo pants are permitted.

· No ragged edge, daisy dukes, spandex or hot pants or short shorts are permitted.

· Shorts may not be rolled up. The length of skirts, skorts, and shorts must extend below the student’s fingertips when the student’s arms are extended at his/her sides.

· Capri style pants are permitted.

Jackets/ Sweaters Required Colors and Style:

· These must be zippered or buttoned down and can be worn as seasonably appropriate.

· Jackets/coats must not cover the Slider logo while in the building.

· Thermals, turtlenecks, or solid school colored long-sleeve shirts may be worn under the Slider logo shirts during cold weather.

· Pull-over must be a white, navy blue, or forest green color with a Slider school logo.

· No “Cookies” logos or any other clothing representing any references to drugs or alcohol or weaponry are allowed.

Accessory Dress Requirements/Restrictions:

1. Caps, hats, bandannas, headbands, stocking caps and hoods etc. may not be worn. All of these accessories need to be left at home.

2. For reasons of health and safety the following will not be allowed: sunglasses worn inside the building, and jewelry/ piercings in lips, eyebrows, nose, tongue, chin etc.

3. No weapon like or oversized jewelry is allowed, including studded leather bracelets, oversized chains, or chained wallets. Beaded jewelry that uses fish line is particularly unsafe.

4. Shoes must be worn at all times. Closed toe and closed heel shoes are required. Shoes must have hard soles and be specifically designed for outside wear. Platform shoes (greater than 1 ½ inches) are not permitted for reasons of safety. Crocs (clogs) are not allowed on campus unless approved by administration for dress-up days.

The first and last ten minutes of each class period are important to the success of our students academics. Slider Middle School has initiated over the past few years the 10 by 10 rule and will continue enforcing this strategy with our students to help them with their academics.

Safety is a top priority at Slider. Please make sure to ONLY use the left lane to pass slowly and the right lane for picking up or dropping off our scholars. We want to keep our scholars and school community safe.

Stallion community, if you are not receiving our weekly newsletters, please contact our parent liaison Mr. Wood at 915.937.5400.

We are always available to assist you.

Home of the Stallions

Website: https://www.sisd.net/williamdsliderms
Location: 11700 School Lane, El Paso, TX, USA
Phone: 915-937-5400
Twitter: @Slider_Middle